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Just to say hi. Got my r1m yesterday bin out for a few hours today, still got my licence I think.
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Welcome in Steve
And congratulations on both counts :lol:
Now your first post is a bit crap so we need to give us a bit about your biking history & pic's of your bikes :snooty:
BTW you might find us a tad . . . . err . . . forward . . . . sarcastic . . . . . . FUN :)
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Welcome to the mad house mate,

Agree with Jompy tho, give us a bit more about yourself, :shifty:
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welcome steve - wheres part 2 ;)

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No worries boys. Bin ridin bout 20 years. First bike rd 125 then 350 lc. Then as follows what I've owned over time. Zxr 400 zx7r +3 98 & 99 r1 +3 mvf4 750&1000. Gixer thou. Kim rc8r & 990 supermoto 3 Honda hornets an now just have the r1m. The m is def the best bike I've owned its a lot better than I am. Like to do bit of touring odd track day an riding just for the hell of ridin.
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ohh god another 350lc !
you'd best post pic's before the guys get upset :lol:






nice update bud :handgestures-thumbup:
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Hi Steve welcome


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Will have a look for some old photos
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Hi Steve, welcome to the forum.
I love the style of the MVF4 1000, especially the later model. What was it like?


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Fast , reliable funny enough , went touring round Europe on it track days ,it never missed a beat. Bloody loud with a full arrows system. Handled beautifully. BUT it always felt like it wanted to kill you. It was either on or off no in between as no gadgets like the bikes now.
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Sp r1m wrote:Fast , reliable funny enough , went touring round Europe on it track days ,it never missed a beat. Bloody loud with a full arrows system. Handled beautifully. BUT it always felt like it wanted to kill you. It was either on or off no in between as no gadgets like the bikes now.
i have a wife like that :lol:
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Mind you, next to the R1M I guess many bikes will now feel a bit 'old school'
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Yes mate. I'm no Rossi but the m is awesome to ride its goin up the road a lot faster than you think your goin. My only criticism is the throttle in mode A is quite snatchy perhaps a pwr commander will sort that.i will give it a few more ride outs before I spend any more on it. Or I'll be livin in the garage with it. Know wot I mean.
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remap :whistle:
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Where ? An how much mate ?
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Sp r1m wrote:Where ? An how much mate ?
theres a few places around , r1Mike offers a postal service using flash tune to sort your ECU then theres plenty of other places , i know a guy who Remapped my wifes hypermotard who's around the leicester area
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Welcome to the forum Steve, cracking name is that and you also have a cracking bike :clap: :clap: .

I find my throttle smooth even in A mode, but I guess it's what you were used to previously, I came from the Big Bang R1 and that did have a snatchy throttle, so this one now is better, hence my view, however I know some guys on here who have come from other bikes and they have the same issue as you, I suppose what I'm trying to say is the throttles will be the same its just that for me this is an improvement on what I previously had before I fitted the PCV to it .

Anyway welcome and enjoy your M :D

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Hey bud , i've moved tour "rear tyre" post out of the newbies section & into the 2015-on section for you ;)
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Cheers bud. New to this forum stuff
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Sp r1m wrote:Cheers bud. New to this forum stuff
You will get the hang of it soon mate, we all do it :doh:
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Chappo wrote:
Sp r1m wrote:Cheers bud. New to this forum stuff
You will get the hang of it soon mate, we all do it :doh:
No worries buddy theres plenty of people to give you a helping had if you'd like it , the main thing is to enjoy being here :)
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Sp r1m wrote:Yes mate. I'm no Rossi but the m is awesome to ride its goin up the road a lot faster than you think your goin. My only criticism is the throttle in mode A is quite snatchy perhaps a pwr commander will sort that.i will give it a few more ride outs before I spend any more on it. Or I'll be livin in the garage with it. Know wot I mean.
You need to get the cat off and then you can sort the throttle out with FlashTune, which we sell as a DIY kit or you can mail in your ECU to us to do for you.

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Cheers for the advice. But will have to ride as is for a bit as er indoors wants the spare sheckles for a new kitchen.
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Steve, I took my M out the other day for a slow run and I found the throttle a tad snatchy in A mode, never experianced that on this bike before, now I know my mind wasn't fully concentrating, hence the slow ride I really was just pootling but I'm wondering perhaps I was gripping the bars too hard, my wrists were aching again something I've not experianced in this bike before so I'm guessing perhaps it was something I was doing, holding on too tight hit a bump my wrist moves and makes the throttle jurk? Just a thought and regarding the wrists, holding on too tight can starve the hands and forearms of oxygen.... Is that why they were aching ? Just a thought, I will see how I get on on the next run.
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Welcome in mate. Get some pics of the M up, I never tire of seeing these bikes.

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